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[[FILE:marmerlogo.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/| TASC Chess System logo <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/ Tasc.ChessSystem Home] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]]) </ref> ]]
'''TASC B.V.''', (Tasc) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besloten_Vennootschap Besloten Vennootschap (BV) from Wikipedia]</ref><br/>
'''T'''he '''A'''dvanced '''S'''oftware '''C'''ompany, a Dutch company dedicated to development of chess related products, software and hardware. Located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam Rotterdam], TASC is owned by [[Wil Sparreboom]] <ref>[http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/wil-sparreboom/14/983/883 Wil Sparreboom - LinkedIn]</ref>.
=Products=
TASC started playing chess in the late 80s with the [[The Final Chesscard]] by [[Marc Derksen]], released in 1989 for [[Commodore 64]] and [[Commodore 128]], and continued with its successor, the famous [[ChessMachine]] extending an [[IBM PC]] with a pluggable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Standard_Architecture ISA card] on board the [[ARM2]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] processor, either running the [[WCCC 1992]] champion [[Gideon]] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] or [[The King]] by [[Johan de Koning]]. They produced the [[Mephisto RISC]] module for [[Hegener & Glaser]], and went in the [[Databases|chess database]] market with [[TascBase]], developed by [[Hans Kuijf|Hans]] and [[Nico Kuijf]]. The [[TASC Chess System]], which consists of the [[TASC SmartBoard]] connected to a PC, along with its native chess program [[Chessica]] by [[Frans Morsch]], Marc Derksen and [[Jessica Harmsen]], and the TASC ''Chess Tutor'' <ref>[http://www.newinchess.com/Chess_Tutor___Chessica-p-2436.html Chess Tutor & Chessica - Products] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_In_Chess New In Chess]</ref> were further milestones, so were the mighty [[TASC R30]] and [[TASC R40]] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] with De Koning programs. It seemed, TASC would have had a bright and successful future with their innovative chess products.
=Patent Infringement=
In 1994, TASC, and their primary US distributor [[ICD Corporation]] were impeached by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey New Jersey] company, ''Brehn Corporation'' <ref>[http://www.corpdetails.com/us-companies/New-Jersey/438742-engineering-accounting-research-management-related-sevices/brehn-corp-us Brehn Corp, Margate City, New Jersey NJ - Engineering Services]</ref>, due to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_infringement patent infringement]. According to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_New_York New York federal court], TASC took the patented concept of [[Piece Recognition|piece recognition]] for their SmartBoard, invented by ''Bruce F. Bogner'' <ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US5129654 Patent US5129654 - Electronic game apparatus - Google Patents]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67909 Re: Tasc R30 v 2.5?] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], September 08, 1999</ref>, and used it without permission and despite signing non-disclosure agreements. The judge ordered TASC to pay $581,000 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=194531 Re: What happened to TASC?] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[CCC]], October 27, 2001</ref> <ref>[http://www.plainsite.org/flashlight/case.html?id=325396 PlainSite :: Flashlight :: Case No. 1:94-cv-03770-JEI: BREHN CORPORATION v. TASC BV, et al.]</ref> <ref>[http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/Markman/pdfFiles/1997.09.23_BREHN_CORPORATION_v._TASC_BV_A_FOREIGN_CORPORATION_ICD.pdf United States District Court S.D. New York, BREHN CORPORATION (Plaintiff), TASC BV, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, I.C.D. Corporation and U.S. Chess Federation (Defendants), September 23, 1997] (pdf)</ref>, the affected boards and computers disappeared from the market soon after, and TASC B.V. became practically defunct in the early 2000s <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297891 Re: To Johan de Koning: Please convince Tasc to begin production of the R30!] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], May 24, 2003</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=34024 TASCBOARD] by Arjen Oudheusden, [[CCC]], November 26, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67834 Re: Tasc R30 v 2.5?] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[CCC]], September 08, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=194531 Re: What happened to TASC?] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[CCC]], October 27, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=408185 support for tasc board] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], January 29, 2005
* [http://users.boardnation.com/~chesscomputers/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=262 The patent that killed Tasc] by [[Ismenio Sousa]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Chess Computer Community Forum]], May 10, 2005
=External Links=
* [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/ Tasc.ChessSystem Home] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])
: [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/demoprograms.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System]
: [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/tasc.html Tasc Electronic Chess Computers], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/TASC TASC] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
<references />
'''[[Organizations|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:marmerlogo.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/| TASC Chess System logo <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/ Tasc.ChessSystem Home] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]]) </ref> ]]
'''TASC B.V.''', (Tasc) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besloten_Vennootschap Besloten Vennootschap (BV) from Wikipedia]</ref><br/>
'''T'''he '''A'''dvanced '''S'''oftware '''C'''ompany, a Dutch company dedicated to development of chess related products, software and hardware. Located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam Rotterdam], TASC is owned by [[Wil Sparreboom]] <ref>[http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/wil-sparreboom/14/983/883 Wil Sparreboom - LinkedIn]</ref>.
=Products=
TASC started playing chess in the late 80s with the [[The Final Chesscard]] by [[Marc Derksen]], released in 1989 for [[Commodore 64]] and [[Commodore 128]], and continued with its successor, the famous [[ChessMachine]] extending an [[IBM PC]] with a pluggable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Standard_Architecture ISA card] on board the [[ARM2]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] processor, either running the [[WCCC 1992]] champion [[Gideon]] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] or [[The King]] by [[Johan de Koning]]. They produced the [[Mephisto RISC]] module for [[Hegener & Glaser]], and went in the [[Databases|chess database]] market with [[TascBase]], developed by [[Hans Kuijf|Hans]] and [[Nico Kuijf]]. The [[TASC Chess System]], which consists of the [[TASC SmartBoard]] connected to a PC, along with its native chess program [[Chessica]] by [[Frans Morsch]], Marc Derksen and [[Jessica Harmsen]], and the TASC ''Chess Tutor'' <ref>[http://www.newinchess.com/Chess_Tutor___Chessica-p-2436.html Chess Tutor & Chessica - Products] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_In_Chess New In Chess]</ref> were further milestones, so were the mighty [[TASC R30]] and [[TASC R40]] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] with De Koning programs. It seemed, TASC would have had a bright and successful future with their innovative chess products.
=Patent Infringement=
In 1994, TASC, and their primary US distributor [[ICD Corporation]] were impeached by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey New Jersey] company, ''Brehn Corporation'' <ref>[http://www.corpdetails.com/us-companies/New-Jersey/438742-engineering-accounting-research-management-related-sevices/brehn-corp-us Brehn Corp, Margate City, New Jersey NJ - Engineering Services]</ref>, due to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_infringement patent infringement]. According to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_New_York New York federal court], TASC took the patented concept of [[Piece Recognition|piece recognition]] for their SmartBoard, invented by ''Bruce F. Bogner'' <ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US5129654 Patent US5129654 - Electronic game apparatus - Google Patents]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67909 Re: Tasc R30 v 2.5?] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], September 08, 1999</ref>, and used it without permission and despite signing non-disclosure agreements. The judge ordered TASC to pay $581,000 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=194531 Re: What happened to TASC?] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[CCC]], October 27, 2001</ref> <ref>[http://www.plainsite.org/flashlight/case.html?id=325396 PlainSite :: Flashlight :: Case No. 1:94-cv-03770-JEI: BREHN CORPORATION v. TASC BV, et al.]</ref> <ref>[http://ipmall.info/hosted_resources/Markman/pdfFiles/1997.09.23_BREHN_CORPORATION_v._TASC_BV_A_FOREIGN_CORPORATION_ICD.pdf United States District Court S.D. New York, BREHN CORPORATION (Plaintiff), TASC BV, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, I.C.D. Corporation and U.S. Chess Federation (Defendants), September 23, 1997] (pdf)</ref>, the affected boards and computers disappeared from the market soon after, and TASC B.V. became practically defunct in the early 2000s <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297891 Re: To Johan de Koning: Please convince Tasc to begin production of the R30!] by [[Johan de Koning]], [[CCC]], May 24, 2003</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=34024 TASCBOARD] by Arjen Oudheusden, [[CCC]], November 26, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67834 Re: Tasc R30 v 2.5?] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[CCC]], September 08, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=194531 Re: What happened to TASC?] by [[Steven Schwartz]], [[CCC]], October 27, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=408185 support for tasc board] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], January 29, 2005
* [http://users.boardnation.com/~chesscomputers/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=262 The patent that killed Tasc] by [[Ismenio Sousa]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Chess Computer Community Forum]], May 10, 2005
=External Links=
* [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/ Tasc.ChessSystem Home] (archived version by [[Ismenio Sousa]])
: [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/demoprograms.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System]
: [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/tasc.html Tasc Electronic Chess Computers], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/TASC TASC] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
<references />
'''[[Organizations|Up one Level]]'''
